Senior Water Resources Engineer/Environmental Engineer
Listed on 2026-03-10
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Water Management
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.
Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.
Your Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated senior Water Resources Engineer / Environmental Engineer with experience in water resource. You will be part of the Water Resources Technical Team within Stantec’s Environmental Services Business Line, contributing to a wide range of water resources projects.
This role includes the opportunity to provide business development, manage water resources projects and water quantity and quality components of larger projects and will involve working with other experts in the fields of water, mining, environmental management, transportation, infrastructure and other disciplines on a variety of complex projects.
You will ideally sit within one of our regional offices (Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton or Whitehorse) but will work within the national water resources community.
Your Key Responsibilities
General Responsibilities
Contribute to and lead business development activities, including proposals, pre-qualifications, and relationship building with clients and prospective clients
Assist in analyzing current and emerging technical issues, and implementing actions to proactively address market, business, regulatory, and/or economic issues
Identify new business opportunities and support the technical component of business development materials
Lead and manage water resources projects involving hydrologic, hydraulic, and water quality components
Responsible for planning and conducting assignments/projects having broad scope for independent accomplishment and coordination of difficult tasks
Provide supervision, training, technical direction and mentoring to intermediate and junior level staff
Provide expertise to internal and external clients to resolve complex problems and issues
Manage projects, mentor and guide water resources staff in a dynamic team setting
Apply technical and business knowledge and methods to develop creative, effective, and economical solutions to address current and potential project issues
Qualify as a Quality Reviewer and undertake Quality Reviews of deliverables
Participate in Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work
Assignments/projects are advanced in nature and require the application of mature knowledge
Demonstrate sound understanding and application of established practices, standards and guidelines
Water Resources Responsibilities
Provide technical expertise and support water resources designs, proposals, and reports
Experience with water quality models such as CORMIX, Goldsim, QUAL2K, etc., and statistical software such as R is an asset
Mining experience including mine water balance models, mine water management plans and water management infrastructure designs
Experience with environmental flow needs assessments, fish habitat loss assessments and designs related to habitat compensation plans
Work with multi-disciplinary teams on groundwater and surface water assessments, surface water compliance, contaminant investigations, environmental assessments and permitting applications, etc
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Proficient skills in communication and technical information exchange with clients, engineers and scientists, government regulators and agencies, and academia, as well as non-technical communication to the public
Experience managing projects in a consulting environment
Experience in providing supervision and mentorship to junior staff
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and in a multi-disciplinary team
Strong business development, client management, communication and financial management skills
Self-motivated individual, with the ability…
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